Naka - New Album from Moussa Coulibaly

Moussa Coulibaly has released his new album Naka that was recorded, mixed and mastered at Hot Milk Studio. We discussed the amazing one-man band recording details for Naka here.

Moussa Coulibaly – Naka Album

Tracklisting

Naka

Warabese

Aije

Wenucien

Konia

Djansa

Jerefo magni

Hakili soro

Abao

Madjani

Njudio

Haira ale wajia

Instrumentation

Moussa Coulibaly sang all vocals and played all instruments. The instruments used on this album included:

Balaphone (pentatonic, Malian)

Ngoni

Djembe

Dundun

Kenkeni

Tama

Bara

Kania

Bells

About Moussa Coulibaly

Moussa a master musician from a griot family in Burkina Faso who plays all his instruments with equal proficiency. In addition to singing on this session, he also played Malian balaphone, pentatonic balaphone, ngoni (kora), djembe, dundun, kenkeni, tama (talking drum), bara, kania and African bells.

Moussa began to learn his craft at just 6 years of age. Soon, he played with bands and artists such as Benkadi, Les frères Coulibaly, Lanaya, Parisi, Arouna Dembele and Adama Dramé. He has toured often in Europe with Semstaba, Mamadou Diabaté and Parisi.

Since 2012, Moussa Coulibaly has lived and worked in Berlin and throughout Germany. He specialises in traditional West African rhythms and improvisations and composes his own songs. He has also performed with salsa, reggae and jazz musicians. At workshops and perfomances, he accompanies traditional and contemporary African dancers. Moussa Coulibaly also teaches all traditional West African instruments solo and in band context.